Re: We should always treat others in the way we expect them to treat us.

Dear Gurudev,

Nityaananda ! Gauraanga ! Hare Krishna !

Dandavat Pranaams.

Shrila Prabhupada has warned us about ' Familiarity breeds contempt ' which means that the more we associate with the same devotees the more we start finding faults with them.

May be this is because initially when we don't know the devotee very well we talk very formally and with a lot of respect but after we associate with the same devotee for a very long time we become very friendly in talking and may be thats the time when all the fault finding comes in. I have personally experienced this 3 years back. Initially I and some close friend devotees talked with each other very formally and with a lot of respect but as we got to know each other better we became very friendly and soon we both started finding faults with each other. The best way to treat a Vaishnav with respect is to obey Shrila Prabhupada's order i.e the more we associate with the same devotees the more we start finding faults with them.

ys,
Mihir.

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